After beginning the epic task of sorting through the 9000 pictures (no hyperbole) that I took this quarter I took a quick nap facedown on the airport seats. Thanks to the exquisite level of exhaustion I had achieved, this was a lovely nap save waking up with my face stuck to the cushion. Once security had opened up we trudged upstairs to check in and get through security, both of which were extremely fast and pleasant. Once through, we came to a massive area filled with tons of duty free shops where we saw a Lamborghini and an Audi R8, both of which I love (the child climbing all over them appeared to share the same view). From there we took a large spiral ramp down into the bowels of Gatwick airport to find our gate.
Sadly, this quarantined area for the international flights was closed, so we had to sleep on the floor outside of our gate until they opened it up. Once it was opened we went through yet another security check before finally settling in. Of course, as soon as I sat down I realized that I had to pee, and of course, the bathroom was outside the gate. So in order to use the restroom I had to leave my passport at the security checkpoint and upon my return come back through the security line to pick it up. After some waiting and people watching it was finally time to board.
As we entered the plane, we realized with horror that this flight was quite literally the exact opposite of our flight out ten weeks ago. Not only was it completely full, the seats were a bit shoddy, the flight attendants were a bit mean, and there were no TVs in the headrests! Anyway, I ended up watching The Adjustment Bureau (from the entire way down the aisle because the TV for our region didn’t work), which was pretty good. For brunch we had chicken with delicious mashed potatoes and zucchini, bread, cheese and crackers, cantaloupe with grapefruit and grapes (the icky grapefruit juice ruined the cantaloupe), and a chocolate cookie bar for dessert.
After the meal I attempted to watch The Tourist (it was pretty cool because they were in Venice!) and made it about a half hour in before falling asleep. I ended up sleeping for a bout two hours before waking up to discover another bad movie on the TV, so I went back to bed until our lunch of pizza and ice cream. I relaxed for the rest of the flight and filled out my entry forms before landing on American soil once again. After yet another painless adventure through security and customs we played one final waiting game in the Atlanta airport.
Our final flight was very chill, I watched Despicable Me and played cards until we had arrived in Cleveland! As we disembarked, I realized how quickly this amazing quarter had gone, and although I will miss the amazing times I had during the past ten weeks, it was great to be back home once again.
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